[rules-users] Drools - Doing Complex Stuff inside a Rule Condition or Consequence

Hello everyone In my company we are planning to use Drools for couple of projects and we having some questions about the best way to use it My question is what should be and shouldn't be done inside a Rule Condition/Consequence. Given that we can write Java directly or call methods (for example From a Global object in the Working Memory). Example. Given a Rule that evaluates a generic Object (e.g. Person) have property set to true. Now, that specific propertie can only be defined for that Object going to the database (or going to a web service) and fetching that info. So we have two ways of implementing that: *Alternative A:* - Go to the database and fetch the object property (true/false, a code) - Insert the Object in the working memory - Evaluate the rule *Alternative B:* - Insert a Global Object that has a method that connects to the database and check for the property for the given object. - Insert the Object to eval in Working Memory - In the rule, call the Global Object and perform the access to the database Which of those is considered better? I really like A, but sometimes B is more straightforward, however what would happen if something like a Exception from the Database is raised?* *I have seen the alternative B implemented in the Drools 5.0 Book from Packt Publishing,however they are doing a mocking and they don't talk about the actual implications of going to the database at all. Thank you in advance, -- Miguel Fernando Cabrera Granados http://mfcabrera.com "A los hombres fuertes les pasa lo que a los barriletes; se elevan cuando es mayor el viento que se opone a su ascenso." - José Ingenieros